It’s been an offseason of signings and earning accolades for the Los Angeles Dodgers as the ballclub worked hard to win its second straight World Series championship.

The Dodgers went through plenty of ups and downs, yet the victory that clinched everything in 2025 is getting some love.

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On Wednesday, MLB.com reporter Sonja Chen pointed out that this World Series championship game was pretty much one for the books.

The Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays pushed the envelope all the way to Game 7 of the 2025 World Series. Los Angeles needed help late and they got it.

“It’s hard to go with anything other than the final win of an MLB season,” Chen wrote. “With L.A. down to its final two outs, Miguel Rojas swatted an improbable game-tying homer in the ninth.

“Eventual series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched 2 2/3 innings on zero days’ rest to close out the game,” Chen continued.

“Will Smith gave his team its first lead of the night with a solo homer in the 11th, which stood as the winning run after Mookie Betts turned a game-ending double play in the bottom of the inning, securing back-to-back titles for the Dodgers,” she wrote.

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Heading into the 2026 MLB season, Los Angeles was looking to upgrade their relief pitching. Well, consider that done as the team signed free-agent reliever Edwin Diaz.

But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts sure needs to stay on his players this season. If Los Angeles wants to return to the World Series in 2026, then Roberts has to do his homework on the team’s opponents.

Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman wanted to come out of the Winter Meetings with a little more oomph to give the roster. Signing Diaz, who has put together a pretty stellar career with the New York Mets, solves a big problem in the Dodgers’ bullpen.

What about another bat for the Dodgers? They are going to look on the waiver wire and see who might be available.

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Let’s make sure and watch how the Dodgers get out of the box in 2026.

Friedman will keep his eyes out on who might be a solid pick-up for the team. One should not assume that Friedman is all done with trading.

In fact, that might be taking pale at this time, leading into the 2025 MLB season.

At this point, everyone here at Dodgers Roundtable wants to wish you all a Merry Christmas. We’ll e around when play gets started back up again at Spring Training.